Company director in court for alleged TERS fraud

Cape Town – A company director in the Western Cape has appeared in the Bredasdorp Magistrate’s Court on fraud charges after he allegedly misappropriated Temporary Employer Relief Scheme funds.

According to the provincial spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Zinzi Hani, Andre Rudolph Appelgryn, 64, made his first appearance in court on Friday. She said he was arrested earlier in the day by members of the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team based in Cape Town.

Hani said the team conducted a search and seizure on Thursday at Appelgryn’s candle company offices in Bredasdorp and confiscated documents regarding TERS funds. “It is alleged that during the period between May and June 2020, Appelgryn claimed TERS funds from the Department of Labour on behalf of 44 employees who were working for him prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, and used the monies claimed to service his payroll.

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